Analía Rego

BIOGRAPHY

"In her hands, the guitar sings a plea, an enigma, a remembrance” (Horacio Ferrer,AR)

“Refined musicality” René Vargas Vera, La Nación, AR)

The guitar, one of the most primitive instruments of tango, acquires a new dimension in the hands of Analía (Carlos Groppa, Tango Reporter, USA)

“fine sensibility and accurate style (Hector Coda, La Nación, AR)

Analia Rego is a guitar teacher and a concert guitarist of distinction who is renownedas a tango performer. Her unique style amalgamates the classical guitar school andthe Argentine popular guitar. She has studied under Irma Costanzo’s and Anibal Arias’direction, and has attended master classes by Abel Carlevaro, Eduardo Isaac andDavid Russell.

As a result of her first album entitled "Entre tango y tango…Tango!, (Between OneTango and Another tango…… Tango!)”, launched in the year 2000, this guitaristbecame the first woman that took tango to the concert guitar. This album marked thestart of her career as a concert performer, leading her to tour different cities inArgentina, Chile, the United States, Finland, France, Switzerland, Spain and Germany.She was honored with the TRIMARG 2005 (Argentinean Music Festival) Award inthe category of Citizen’s Music.

Her second CD, "Un Siglo de Tango 2009 (A Century of Tango)" involves a tourthrough different periods of Buenos Aires music, ranging from autochthonous tangosoriginated locally in the early part of the 20th century, followed by Gardel, Cobián,Salgán and Piazzolla up to the most recent compositions. This CD was dedicated in theprologue by Horacio Ferrer with a poem featuring the artist.

Analía has performed at several international festivals, among which it is worthmentioning: Several performances in "Guitarras del Mundo" (Guitars of the World),Buenos Aires, Argentina, The VIth international week "Regino Sáinz de la Maza"(Burgos, Spain), “Semanas Musicales de Frutillar” (Musical Weeks of Frutillar), Chile,International Guitar Competition "Miguel Llobet" (Barcelona, Spain), and HamburgerGitarrenfestival (Hamburg, Germany). Analía carries out an intense concert activitywithin her country.

Among the awards she has been granted, we must mention:· Silver medal, recognizing her artistic work. Granted by The permanentcommission of the Buenos Aires women” La Plata – Buenos Aires. Argentina(March 2002)· Santa Teresa de Jesus award, Granted by “The Secretary of the Lanús Culture”Buenos Aires, Argentina (March 2004)· TRIMARG award (Argentinean Music Festival). Granted to the CD “Entre Tangoy Tango (Between One Tango and Another Tango) in the category of Citizen’sMusic.

As a classical guitarist her aesthetic search focuses on the XIX Century repertoire.Since 2010 Analía together with flautist Gabriela Galvan have engaged in a classicalromantic instrumental duet. They usually perform at concert cycles that are supportedby the Asociación Argentina de Laudes y Guitarras Antiguas (Argentine Association ofAncient Lutes and Guitars) among others.

Analía Rego is a Bachelor of Music (Universidad Nacional de Lanus University) and ateacher at Escuela de Musica Popular de Avellaneda (Popular Music School ofAvellaneda), Buenos Aires Province – Argentina.

She has presented seminars and conferences about the history of tango and what theguitar has been to tango. As an investigator, she collaborated with “Editions Orpée”a North American publisher, writing a prologue in a compendium of original works andtranscripts for guitar only “More Tangos Milongas Habaneras for guitar”

More information about the artist, audio and video: http://www.analiarego.com.ar/